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Pedro Bessa brings the bronze for Fokai reland at the
2008 NO GI World Tournament!

Pedro Bessa, an UK & Ireland based BJJ black belt, went to the World BJJ NO GI Tournament on the 9th and 10th of August of 2008. Pedro, who had been sponsored by Fokai Ireland for that tournament, came third in the black belts middle weight category and also did very well in the open class by winning his first fight and losing the second by only two points.
‘I would like to dedicate this medal to all my students whose have been supporting myself and also the guys that helped me financially such as Tony, from Fokai Ireland, Simon, from Bristol Dojo, and Damian, my student.’> Pedro is now back to the UK where he is back to the training routine where aiming for the upcoming tournaments such as Abu Dhabi, European and Worlds. ‘The bronze medal gave me a lot of motivation to keep train hard and hopefully I’ll bring more medals on thenext tournaments’

FokaiIreland:FootprintsInMorocco

IN DECEMBER 2007 A SURF TRIP TO THE TINY TOWN OF TAGAZUTE , MORRACO HAD CROSSED MY PATH . FORTUNATLY ALL THE STARS AND MOONS WERE ALINED SO THAT FOOT PRINTS COULD BE MADE …UPON ARRIVING TO AGADIR AIRPORT, MEMORIES OF THE WAY TRAVEL IN  MICRONESIA BACK WHEN I WAS A KID WENT RUSHING THROUGH MY BRAIN .. EXITING THE PLANE TROUGH ITS TAIL END THEN DOWN SOME STAIRS CONNECTED TO A OLD GMC THE WARM SMELL OF MOROCCO HAD HIT ME LIKE A 1986 SENTRA WITH ITS AIR FAN ON FULL BLAST, MY BOOGERS DRIED UP INSTANTLY . AS USUAL I PICKED THE WRONG LINE TO GET INTO ! THE GUARD AT THE POST ASKED ME WHERE I WAS STAYING ? I HADN’T A CLUE! THEN HE ASKED WHO I WAS WITH ! I GAZED TOWARD THE EXIT OF THE TERMINAL AND POINTED TO MY HOST WHO HAD TWO HANDS IN HIS POCKET AND A BIG OLE SMILE ON HIS FACE ..JASON CONIREY I SAID , PUZZED HE LOOKED OVER AND GAVE ME THE O’ HELL NO IM NOT LETTING YOU INTO MY COUNTRY LOOK … THAT WAS IT I THOUGHT , THEN THE FINAL QUESTION ” WHY WAS I  HERE !” I TOLD HIM ,TO SURF! INSTANT JOY WAS THE EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE . HE TOO WAS A SURFER, WITHOUT ANY MORE DELAY HE EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS FLAT FOR THE SIX WEEKS, BUT THE BIGGEST SWELL TO HIT HIS ISLAND HAD JUST ARRIVED . ONE OFFICIAL MOROCCAN STAMP LATER AND HE SENT ME ON MY WAY ..”.IF I MY COMMENT THAT WAS A FIRST BIG FOOT STEP ON THIS JOURNEY BUT NOT THE BIGGEST “… RIDDLED WITH EXCITEMENT THE PATH HAD BEGUN …. THE FIRST NIGHT WAS UNEXPECTED. IT WAS RIP CURLS END OF THE YEAR STAFF BLOW OUT SO THINGS WERE A LITTLE ON THE POSH SIDE ..BIG HOTEL , OPEN TAB , HUCCAS AND A PARTY ON THE BEACH WITH COMPLEMENTRY  CAMEL RIDES …MIND YOU MOROCCO IS  MUSLIM BY FAITH, SO ALCOHOL IS A BIGG NO NO . YET WHEN THERE IS BUCK TO BE MADE ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE..SO BEING THE CURIOUS I WENT STRAIGHT TO THE CAMELS , MADE FRIENDS AND AWAY WE WENT!!! IT WAS PRETTY COOL BUT MY CAMEL LOST ALL CREDIBILITY WHEN I FOUND OUT HIS NAME WAS SCOBBY DOO.  AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSED, CRAZY THINGS WERE GOING ON BUT I WAS LOOKING FOWARD TO THE SURF SO AFTER A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP THE REAL TRIP BEGAN . OUR DESTINATION WAS ABOUT A HOUR OUT OF AGADIR , TAGAZUTE TO BE EXACT …..WE HAD FRONT ROW SEATS TO THE BEST RIGHT HANDER IN TOWN . DOUBLE OVER HEAD BACKED WITH POWER AND PLENTY OF ROCKS TO TO LEAVE FLESH ON, ANCOR POINT HAD DELIVERED!!!                         

 …NAMED BY JIMI HENDRIX THIS POWER HOUSE WAVE WAS HOST TO AN OLD RUN DOWN TUNA CANERY . AS FOURTUNE WOULD HAVE IT THE TUNA DEPLETED BUT THE GROWING POPULARITY OF SURFING HAD BROUGHT NEW LIFE AND INCOME TO ITS LOCAL COMMUNITY……ITS TRUE WHEN GOD CLOSES THE DOOR HE ALWAYS LEAVES A WINDOW OPEN. STRAIGHT AWAY I JUMPED RIGHT IN ! LUCKILY IM OF COLORED DESENT SO BLENDING IN WITH THE LOCALS WAS EASY …OR SO I THOUGHT ! SIZING UP THE BREAK I NOTICED WHO WAS THE TOP DOGGS OUT IN THE LINE UP. STRAIGHT AWAY I NOTICED SOME CALIFORNIANS GETTING A WOOPING … THEN OUT OF THE CORNNER OF MY EYE I SAW MY WAVE . I TOOK MY BALLS AND PUT THEM IN MY POCKET FOR SAFE KEEPING AND PADDLED TOWARDS THE PEAK ..SOLO BABY !  NO ONE IN SIGHT OR IN MY WAY – I PROCEEDED TO PROCEED … DOWN THE FACE APPROCHING THE BOTTOM TURN THEN  DISASTER…. BIG ASS LOCAL DUDE CAUGHT INSIDE, THE SAME FELLA WHO SHOWED THE CALI BOYS THE DOOR ….WE EXCHANGED WORDS AT FIRST BUT THEN REALIZED BIGGER THINGS WERE AT HAND ! ANCHOR POINT AND HER SIX BIGG SISTERS WERE COMING OUR WAY ! HOLDING YOUR BREATH WAS TOP PRIORITY, THE FLESH RETENTION WAS NEXT ….AFTER THE BLUNT OF THE BEATING WE WERE NECK AND NECK AND SURVIVAL MODE KICKED IN , WE WERE HEADED TOWARDS THE CLIFF LINE I CHOSE THE HIGH LINE BUT WITH IN SECONDS MY ONCE ENEMY WAS NOW MY SAVIOUR …..”FOLLOW ME”  HE SAID AND LIKE A SHEEP TO A SHEPHERD I LISTEND. THE CURRENT TOOK US AROUND TO SAFTEY! IN THE FAMOUS WORD OF TOYOTA ” O WHAT FEELING ” .. AND ON THAT NOTE STAY TUNED FOR THE SECOND HALF OF FOOT PRINTS IN MORACCO .. ENJOY THE PICS .

 

ADIOS TONE DOFI OUT .

FokaiIrelandReport: The2008FokaiSausageFest

WELL HELLO THERE SAUSAGE FREAKS , TONE DOFI HERE WITH THE RESULTS OF TODAYS EVENT..FIRST THANKS GOES OUT TO THE HOMIE UPSTAIRS FOR GIVING US THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER TODAY ” SEEING THAT IT RAINS 300 DAYS OF THE YEAR HERE ! “. WELL, ON A WHIM TOGETHER WITH GREAT SPONSORS LIKE INCIDE SURF SHOP , ETNIES , ES , NOMAD SKATEBOARDS AND CLONAKILTY BLACK PUDDING , FOKAI IRELAND WAS ABLE TO HOST YET ANOTHER SUCCESFUL SK8 CONTEST…THE EVENT STARTED WITH ONE TONG, ONE BBQ GRILL , 200 CLONAKILTY SAUSAGES AND PLENTY OF KIDS . ALL LOOKING LIKE THEY WERE FROM NAVAL STATION …JOKE .

UP FIRST WAS 13 AND UNDER . SAM FRAHILL RIDING FOR FOKAI AND INCIDE TOOK FIRST WITH FELLOW TEAM RIDER JERRY DILWORTH A CLOSE SECOND AND ADAM LEALY ROUNDING UP THE TOP THREE IN THIER CATAGORY ..17 AND UNDER FOLLOWED WITH A FLURRY OF TRICKS FROM THE LATE 70s TO PRESENT DAY STUFFS … HIGH AIRS , TRIPLE FLIPS AND THE HELL BONELESS ALL THE WAY FROM YONA …” BYE THE WAY ,YONA DOESNT RULE, PASS THAT ON TO STEVE SHIMAZU .STILL LOVE YA BRO EVEN THOUGH YOUR FROM THERE ..THE TOP DOGGS WERE ALEX BROWN WITH THE YONA THING GOIN ON ,SECOND THE FOXY CONNER MANGAN THROWING DOWN TRIP FLIPS UP THE BIGG BANK AND BRADDA SHANE KILLIN THE HALF PIPE WITH POWER AND A CREW CUT

…..CONGRATS TO ALL .STAY TUNED FOR THE FOKAI IRELAND YEAR IN REVIEW COMING SOON ….THREE CONTEST , SECOND AT THE WORLDS JIU JITS AND SURF REPORTS GALLORE …MUCH LOVE YOU ALL . OH ONE MORE THING THE IRISH HAVE MASTERED PUTTIN FA’ TA’ TA IN A TUBE ! I KID YOU NOT !

TONE DOFI OUT !

FokaiIreland:SkateBoarding

CelebrityFokai:DofiSusuicoAndBJPenn

taken from GuerillaJiujitsu by Dave Camarillo

FokaiInternational:Lean Ar Aighdh

Watering the Plants in Ireland:

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FokaiIntl.Report:Ireland Kollision1WayOfTheFist

Hafa  Adai  kids ,   Ton  dofi here with our Kollision  1  “Way of the Fist “  fight review . What a great night folks!  From the get go Corks  Neptune  Stadium was jampacked with excitment … Two of the top gyms in Cork were going head to head,along with some international cast members to add to the card. with a maxed capacity crowed inside you could feel the energy follwing at all angles. Anthony Corkery and Dave Aherns Cork Thai Boxing Gym brought to the card some action packed fights, also Martin Horgans Top Team deliverd its share of intensity to the blood stained ring, in Neptune Stadium. Results will be posted soon …Special thanks to the Fokai Staff Sarah Susuico , Liam Beichner,Pat Keating and Kieran for their support that night ….See you Laters Dofi MAN

LeanArAigdh:FokaiIreland

FokaiIreland Stepping Up

 TheRepublicOfIreland has a new Sweater. So that makes 3Products in THe Land of the Shamrock. More to come in 2008 from Dofi Susuico and FokaiIreland

Lean Ar Aighdh!

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